The consulting firm Gartner has a nifty chart they use for measuring the trajectory of new technologies over the course of their evolution. Many are already familiar with Gartner’s trademark chart – called The Hype Cycle – and it’s become a kind of de-facto standard in many ...
Why Ireland has a National Patient Identifier (and we don’t)
On the one-hand, I’m excited by the CHIME-sponsored National Patient ID Challenge. According to the latest release there are “nearly 370 innovators from 40 countries” that have registered for the Final Innovation Round. The challenge itself is crystal clear: “Ensure 100% accuracy ...
Digital health lessons from BART
“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.” –Michael Crichton In most of Europe, mass transit is so affordable and ubiquitous it’s largely assumed. Clearly the economics play an important role because gas is ...
Blockchain hype comes to healthcare
As to be expected with any “new” and “breakthrough” technology, headlines abound on the promise and enormous potential of this “disruptive” innovation called blockchain. Outside of healthcare, the accolades are breezy, often breathless – if not breathtaking. A great example is ...
Healthcare’s Latest Million Dollar Prize
Lots of systemic problems in healthcare carried over into the new year. A shortage of doctors, spiraling drug costs, escalating market frictions, cybersecurity, mergers and acquisitions to name a few. With a big election prize in November, it’s shaping up to be a bobby dazzler of ...